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21 January 2007

Summer Institute - EITM VI

UCLA will be hosting the sixth summer institute on the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) from June 24 to July 21, 2007:

The Summer Institute on EITM seeks to train a new generation of
scholars who can better link theory and empirical work. It is a highly
interactive training program for advanced graduate students and junior
faculty led by political scientists from across the discipline who
employ EITM in their research. Summer institutes general[ly] accept 25
advanced graduate students and junior faculty through a competitive
selection process. In most cases, tuition, room and board, travel and
living expenses are covered for participants through a grant from the
National Science Foundation.

Graduate students who will benefit most from the program should be
committed to using both theoretical models and empirical data in their
dissertations. They should have some training in both formal
methodology and quantitative analysis -- and advanced training in at
least one of these areas. We will also accept junior faculty looking to
improve their defended dissertation in a direction that incorporates
EITM, or junior professors that are embarking on a "second EITM-like
project".